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Comment by Sam Scribe on June 17, 2012 at 9:57am

Your description of changes in Mexico's approach to environmental issues is heartening. I've seen it, too, although you know more about it. How effective is the movement on the Riviera Maya, which I view as having been overdeveloped?

Comment by Las Villas de Bellavista on June 16, 2012 at 11:10am

Mexico is changing and NGO groups that promote environmental issues are gaining in their influence.  This particular tourist development has been in Mexican news and Care2Cause.com and Avaz.com circulated petitions online that had a tremedous response, so this is not surprising to those of us who live in Mexico and are seeing truly progressive actions being taken.  For instance, in Mexico City, (the first city in the world to legalize gay marriage and adoption), families go bike riding in the eves with major streets closed off or opt to ride to the museums in the eves, water bowls for dogs are built into the sidewalks in the Condesa & Polanco neighborhoods, most Mexico City government vehicles are electric and now we have non-sustainable tourist mega-projects stopped in their tracks, despite the payoffs made to some authorities by these international conglomerates trying to make $$ off of our wonderful natural resources. Great news for Mexico which has always been stereotyped as being rife with corruption at all levels.   

Comment by Las Villas de Bellavista on June 16, 2012 at 10:34am

Comment by Ed Wetschler on June 15, 2012 at 6:11pm

Mexican President Felipe Calderon just announced the cancellation of a $2 billion tourist development in Baja California, bowing to opposition by environmentalists that said the plan was a threat to a nearby coral reef. (Reuters) This development would have included golf courses, a marina, and 15 hotels.   How surprised are you that it was cancelled? 

Comment by Tripatini on May 25, 2012 at 12:27pm

Now on our blog: Mexico's surprisingly good wines.

Comment by Tripatini on May 5, 2012 at 3:09pm

Feliz Cinco de Mayo! New today in our blog, a little background on this holiday.

Comment by Tripatini on December 19, 2011 at 8:55am

What is Mexican-style pesto? Find out on our blog.

Comment by Ed Wetschler on November 2, 2011 at 12:26am

Duly noted, Anil, and thank you!

Comment by Anil on November 1, 2011 at 9:30pm

Ed, yes I saw the movie, but but... about cuisine & ahem amorous passion - The book Afrodita (Aphrodite in English) by the renowned author Isabel Allende is unbeatable :)

Comment by Ed Wetschler on November 1, 2011 at 3:18pm

Anil, Angella, have you ever seen the movie "Like Water for Chocolate?" It's an absolutely wonderful film, in the Latin American quasi-surrealistic fashion, and it does make you think that hey, maybe Mexican cuisine can cause amorous passion. Very amorous. Of course, the food in the movie is very, very good, too.

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